Evangelical women's work in Germany
The Evangelical Women's Work in Germany (EFD) was an umbrella organization of over 30 Protestant women's organizations within the Evangelical Church in Germany from 1918 to 2007 . In 2008 he merged with Evangelical Women's Aid in Germany to form the new umbrella organization for Evangelical Women in Germany (EFiD).
The EFD attracted particular attention through the fruit boycott against South African fruit in order to demonstrate against apartheid because it also took a clear political position here. Demonstratively she stood behind by banishment banned in 1977 South African Black Women's Federation , the former president and professor of sociology Fatima Meer itself of this massive restriction based on the Suppression of Communism Act was affected.
The association was active in the umbrella organization of the German Women's Council .
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literature
- Sebastian Tripp: Religious and political. Christian Anti-Apartheid Groups and the Transformation of West German Protestantism 1970–1990. Göttingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8353-1628-7 .